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Posted: 7/5/2006 6:49:36 AM | ok your friend does not have to worry about the side effects of stopping, the dr. doesnt let you go cold turkey. YOu start slowly and reduce the mg. When you are totally off it there will not be any side effects. It is these people who do it cold turkey that suffer. The pharmasist always warns me not to change without the dr. giving his ok. It can be very hard on your system. If you want to get off, please go to your dr. and do it the right way.
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Posted: 9/17/2006 9:39:36 PM | My ex was on paxil for a while and she lost all her sex drive. I mean, it became non-existent. She was effectively a dead piece of wood.
But, not everyone will be affected the same way by the same meds. | |
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Posted: 9/18/2006 2:39:34 AM | | Paxil should be taken right along with therapy...it will break down the root cause of why your numbing out on the emotions you should feel.. | |
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Posted: 9/18/2006 6:13:55 AM | We manufacture this drug. This link might help you find your answer:
http://www.paxil.com/ | |
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Posted: 9/18/2006 9:51:59 AM | Many antidepressents have two very interesting side effects for many people.
1. It messes with your libido. Men have trouble performing, women have trouble attaining satisfaction. Many lose thier libido altogether.
2. It disconnects people from the headiness of strong emotions.
Yes, you can fall in love on Paxil. I don't know how passionate it will be, though!
Best Wishes,
Wendy
PS - Please don't ask her to go off of it. For some people, this could be life threatening. | |
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Posted: 9/19/2006 11:22:16 AM | I went on Paxil because the seratonin was being reabsorbed into my system too fast and I wasn't getting the benefits from it, which gave me anxiety.
Now I feel like a normal and unstressed person - and my sex drive has increased.
The only side effect that I'm not crazy about is the sleepyness, but my friends at work are like that too and they don't take anything  | |
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Posted: 9/19/2006 6:39:58 PM | | I use to be on that.Made me feel absolutley NOTHING.I could have cared less what happened to anyone.I took myself off them.Ive had other people tell me it did the same thing to them.Made me have no desire for my b/f at the time either.Was with him many years,like it made me emotionaly dead.Id rather have some anxiety then to feel nothing. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2006 4:56:32 AM | I took Paxil about 8-9 years ago to help with the stress and anxiety caused by my bf at the time ( he was mentally abusive) . It helped with those things. It didn't help with the depression that I was diagnosed with. It made me sleep way too much and not being a morning person, it made it even harder for me to get out of bed in the morning. I got rid of the bf and got rid of the Paxil.... The doctors tried me on Zoloft and Wellbutrin for the depression.... neither worked...just made me sleepy. So I just deal with life as it comes. Some days are harder than others but that's life. I don't want to be on meds for the rest of my life.
As far as withdrawal....... when I went off each of those meds, the only thing that happened to me was I was dizzy and nauseous for about two weeks....... it sucked but it went away. And I never had any sexual side effects from any of them. | |
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Joined: 12/19/2005
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| Does Paxil?
Posted: 11/26/2006 10:39:16 PM | hi i was on paxil for a long time, about a year and a half. not to mention other various antidepressants and anxiety pills.
i know for me it didnt exactly prevent me from falling in love or anything- but the fact that i was depressed to begin with-made me ward off alot of relationships whether with family, friends, or the opp sex. the reason i got depressed in the first place was bc i felt that the relationships i had already were not true and i was being taken advantage of; obiviously that was not the only reason; but an aiding factor. being that, once i became really sick i avoided talking to people; going to places, and just any interaction with anyone.
i know that anti depressants helped stir those anti social feelings out; and i became alot happier; with the little things.
i dont think it makes you anti social-but i know it def does dampen your sex drive , as well as your energy.
good luck:) | |
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Posted: 11/26/2006 11:15:10 PM | "My ex was taking Paxil, and it helped him while he was taking it. Problem was he went off Paxil because he felt "ok" - that really messed him and "us' up. What I'm trying to figure out is why are there so many people taking antidepressants? There must be other solutions to dealing with the social pressure of society and addressing the source and not the symptom."
This is the sad truth about anti depressants.....you simply cannot STOP them at once...you have to be slowly weened in order for them to not have an adverse affect. It can be very dangerous to simply STOP them...
As far as other solutions to deal with the pressures instead of resorting to medications...
While I know there are always extreme circumstances, and genetic chemical imbalances that occur, I'm still convinced that the majority of people these days are oft to take a quick fix 'med' to solve their problems.... We are now a society of pill takers to ward off stresses that, fifty years ago, would have been solved simply by having more strength of character.....
The problem with our society today is....we measure OURSELVES by what we DON'T have compared to what we see or think other people have....and that, in it's most basic 'religious' context is called.....coveting.... And it's probably why it's one of the ten commandments. It's actually a commandment to assure us better 'mental health'. When you don't covet.....you don't feel pressure to keep up with the Joneses.....you then don't have anxiety.....you then don't have DEPRESSION.....
Or in Buddhist speak......
With desire
the world is tied down.
With the subduing
of desire
it's freed.
With the abandoning
of desire
All bonds
are cut through.
..............and all meds are not required......... | |
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Posted: 11/27/2006 6:50:29 AM | | no not at all it was dep and anxiety not love.. | |
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Posted: 11/27/2006 11:52:29 AM | hey there
my bad, i accidently posted under kaje's name... bu that whole post was from me , medchick911..... | |
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Posted: 11/27/2006 12:08:40 PM | | Paxil is prescribed for other disorders besides depression, Fibromyalgia, chronic pain being some. Weight gain is usually more than the 10 pounds stated as a side effect, usually around 20+ and it puts all pain, emotion at a distance. Everything is slightly muffled, not as intense but as previously stated everyone has a different reaction to it. She can fall in love with you. Enjoy, have fun, live life to the fullest. | |
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Joined: 11/7/2006
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| Does Paxil?
Posted: 11/27/2006 12:11:54 PM | | My daughter was on that before for depression..I noticed she seemed more distant and colder then her normal self..so yeah I think it does affect a persons personality. | |
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Posted: 11/27/2006 12:34:58 PM | | I have been on paxil for many years and it has helped me alot with panic attacks and a physical disorder ,it is not just prescribed for depression .i have had no side effects from the drug and my emotions are very good ,i can love and i can perform sexually ,so it comes down to each individual and there reasons for needing the drug .It has to be based on a person by person ususage and not labeled as a killer or any other such thing as with any type of medication reactions vary and almost anykind can kill you or make you feel differant then the next person ,so base it on each person not generalizing ,good luck to you and your freind . | |
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Posted: 11/27/2006 2:56:44 PM | Whatever you do, don't quit cold turkey.
Life tends to REALLY s u c k after that for awhile.
But, it will affect all people differently.
So, it depends. | |
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Posted: 8/3/2008 9:20:00 PM | You know what your talking about. I went thru all that crap and am still again now. I used to cry in church, the first time in my 55 years of going. Now I don't go cuz I have no ambition or motive. I really hate myself. Wish it was over. But is isn't.
I need paxil as my nerves are not good. What did u get onto that was better? I leep 15 hours a day cuz i have no mo-jo to do anything else. Swimming is getting boring. I broke my hip so walking or cycling have taken a real back seat.
both my parents are on their death beds and that takes up all my spare time socially. I'm not crying the blues on purpose, these are the facts.
Any suggestions people...........d.marshall | |
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Posted: 8/4/2008 6:25:37 AM |
Does Paxil (the psychotropic drug that is for depression and anxiety) prevent you from being able to fall in love, or develop strong feelings for someone? [/unquote]
My guess is that whatever anxieties, challenges and fears that she is experiencing and the reason she is taking the meds for--is what is preventing her from developing strong feelings for someone.
Its not the meds themselves, but all the reason(s) she is taking meds. Just a thought. | |
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Posted: 8/4/2008 4:34:22 PM | paxil, like many antidepressants can and will suppress feelings. You won't read that on the pamphlet insert. A doctor will not tell you this and neither will a pharmacist. It can play havoc with many emotions and works within the brain, changing much more of the person than is advertised.
Do a search and you will see. This drug, like many in it's class, have severe side effects and withdrawal symptoms. theroadback.org is a good site to get info from. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2008 4:25:10 PM | I dont know your age or your intentions in terms of children, but beware of depressed women that you might consider marrying and having children. Relationships are challenging enough without the added burden of depression. Also very TOUGH on children when a parent is mentally ill or depressed.
Please, do yourself a favor and look up the medication and the illness of depression. | |
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Posted: 9/20/2008 5:11:42 PM | More and More you hear about so many people on anti depressants .. etc.
We have become a nation of pill heads....
got flatulence? take a pill
shy?.. take a pill
nervous? take a pill
stressed? take a pill
sweaty armpitts? take a pill
It's alarming because as much as a pill may assist to some degree, it also has the propensity to do more harm than good with its' side effects..
JMO .. I think more people should look into natural and holistic methods of improving their health instead of the succumbing and falling prey to the biggest and worse drug pushers--> the pharmaceutical companies | |
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Posted: 9/20/2008 7:40:18 PM | | wow! If your girlfriend is taking Paxil and she is taking it under a doctors care, she should be completely able to feel emotion and love you. Did she just tell you about this? Or is she very distant towards you? Maybe she is going through some depression. If I was you I would speak to her about whats really bothering you... seems like its something else ... could be wrong.... just my two cents. | |
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